Clin Prof Nigel Spry
Senior Specialist, Radiation Oncology
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Nigel Spry is a busy practicing clinician with a comprehensive experience in cancer medicine. He is a Senior Specialist in Radiation Oncology at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth and recently he has been appointed Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Western Australia.
He is an enthusiastic researcher who employs an eclectic approach. He has a long experience in collaborative clinical trial involvement and was a co-founder of the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) in 1987, which is now a major radiation research group in Australia and New Zealand.
He has been centrally involved in studies assessing curative and palliative outcomes as well as toxicity reduction initiatives. He participates on quality assurance and trial audit panels. He strongly pushes for cross discipline involvement in the development and running of clinical studies.